James previously explained to The Daily Dish how he came up with that nickname in the first place. "I've been a Kanye West fan since the day I first heard his music, I've understood his music and more so have appreciated his production as a music producer from the samples he uses to the bass sounds for melody," he explained to The Daily Dish via email last March. "Some people get angry at the fact that I said I'm the 'white Kanye West' however I stand my ground, and here's why. Kanye, as a person, never doubted himself. If you go to some of his earliest interviews, he is the same Kanye that we see today. Before he had anything, he was the same Kanye we see today. I think I'm like him in the sense that I explore sound. I want to create something nobody has ever heard or seen before and I have nothing stopping me, the only thing that could possibly stop me is myself."

But James also admitted that he doesn't take the name very seriously, either. "It's all a bit of a joke," he said. "I mean I don't literally think that, but come on you got to admit it's pretty funny."

And that's kind of how James' buddy, Lala Kent, feels about the nickname, which you can see in the clip, below.